Spotlight Piano by Fracture Sounds
by Fracture Sounds · $149
Overview
Emotive Scoring Grand, perfect for film scoring with a rich, emotive tone.
Technical Specifications
- Library Size
- 20GB GB
- Velocity Layers
- 10 sound-design Atmosphere Layers
- Mic Positions
- 1
- Presets
- 21
- Plugin Formats
- VST3, AU, AAX
- Standalone
- Yes
- Sympathetic Resonance
- Yes
- True Pedal Modeling
- Yes
- Sample Pool Size (uncompressed)
- 55GB
Ideal Use Cases
- Film composers needing a rich, expressive piano for dramatic and emotional scenes.
- Sound designers creating ambient soundscapes and textured musical beds with layered piano elements.
- Music producers crafting intimate ballads and reflective instrumental pieces with nuanced piano performances.
- Songwriters seeking a highly customizable piano sound to complement their vocal melodies and arrangements.
- Content creators and YouTubers requiring a versatile and high-quality piano for background music and intros.
Included Presets
- Various presets
Insights from Real-World Use
Strengths
- super realistic
- can really dial in that exact positioning
- brings things forward
- emotional
- inspirating
- beautiful
- lovely
- captured presence and intimacy
- has emotion indeed
- has the very special "something"
- dry piano sound available
- perfect tuning on the strings
- lots of velocity layers and plenty of control parameters
- most realistic feeling and sounding grand piano
- gorgeous
- magical
- caressing
- dreamy at the top end of the keyboard
- nice round and deep, warm sound at the other
Weaknesses
- snap-crackle-pop
Tone: realistic, emotional, inspirating, beautiful, lovely, gorgeous, magical, caressing, dreamy, warm, deep, round
Review Snippets
- Highly recommended and dynamic piano library due to versatile sound, user-friendly interface, sound modeling, and unique atmospheres.
- I've had time to play with this new library and have shown it off to a few people. All of us are blown away by how incredibly beautiful and intimate this library is. It's hands-down, the best piano library I own. And I own a ton of them. The deep low's sound rich, but it's the high registers that st
- Spotlight Piano is a fantastic, authentic-sounding library with great low-end and clarity.
- Brilliant blend of authentic sounds and innovative features sets a new standard.
- Spotlight Piano achieves an impressive level of sound realism.
- Textures add dimension, elevate music.
- The sound is lovely, soft, thoughtful, and great for spread chords.
- Spotlight Piano offers richness, texture, clarity, warmth, and useful atmospheres.
- Atmospheric layers make Spotlight Piano stand out.
- Easy to play, simple controls, focuses on playing, not tweaking, works perfectly.
- Amazing complement to other piano libraries for creating lush soundscapes within Kontakt.
- All of us are blown away by how incredibly beautiful and intimate this library is. It's hands-down the best piano library I own. And I own a ton of them.
- Spotlight Piano has more low-end body and better tweakability than Noire and Keyscape.
- Front-end offers great control, versatile for soundtracks and cinematic blending.
- Better for intimate rather than loud playing, but balanced.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What host or player is required to use this plugin?
- Spotlight Piano requires the free Kontakt Player. No additional purchases are necessary to use it.
- Is Spotlight Piano a sampled or modeled instrument?
- Spotlight Piano is a sampled instrument, built upon a Steinway D Concert Grand.
- What is the library size of Spotlight Piano?
- The library size is 20 GB compressed, or 55 GB uncompressed.
- How many microphone positions are available?
- Not specified by the vendor / sources in our database.
- What genres is Spotlight Piano best suited for?
- It is ideal for classical, film/scoring, ambient, pop, and contemporary genres.
- What platforms are supported?
- Spotlight Piano is compatible with Mac and Windows operating systems.
- Does Spotlight Piano support sympathetic resonance?
- Yes, it features adjustable sympathetic resonance.